Indeed, the whole of the thread that contained this gem – the greatest comment on a climate blog for over a thousand years (and we’ve got the graphs to prove it) – is well worth reading. Well done Phillip and Josh.

Shakespeare shows that the medieval warm period did not existin just one play:-
FIRST WITCH.
All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!
SECOND WITCH.
All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!
THIRD WITCH.
All hail, Macbeth! that shalt be king hereafter!
FIRST WITCH.
Hail!
SECOND WITCH.
Hail!
THIRD WITCH.
Hail!
FIRST WITCH.
Banquo and Macbeth, all hail!

It’s a nauseating travesty of a scientist’s speech. You are alluded to, with typical grace : “They are also understandably (but inadvisably) reluctant to share complex data sets with non-experts that they perceive as charlatans (Hasselman 2010).”

Dear Steve et al, I am stunned that 2010 is declared tied for hottest year ever on recordwith 2005, incredible shrinking arctic sea ice and the earth just hot all over! Please can anyone tell me if these pronouncements from NOAH and NASA and others as reported by Accuweather’s Bret Anderson in a very recent post on the matter are true or bulloney? I for one can not believe this at all, locally here in the NYS region, the summer was delightful, with a two week heat wave , in the summer, that was notable.